PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1048, 10 February 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Their Excellencies the Governor and Lady Islington entertained the, following at luncheon at Government House yesterday:—Mr. F. G. B. Waldegrave, Mr. H. J. H. Blow, Mr. Montgomery, Mrs. Elow, and Mrs. Montgomery. To-day' the Prime Minister; the Hon. Dr. Findlay, tho Hon. R. M'Kenzie. the Hon. D. Bnddo will be in Wellington. The Hon. .1; A. Millar is in Dun : 'edin. the Hon. G. Fowlds in Auckland, the Hon. James Carroll and the Hon. A. T, Xgata on the East Coast.- The Hon. T. Mackenzie-is with, the- Scottish Commissioners.-.- , .. < •'•' i'■ People in the different districts of his constituency have sent an invitation to tho Primo Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) to attend banquets n nd public send-off functions. He will consequently attend gatherings as follows;—Winton, February 20; Bluff, February 21. The .citizens of Invercaririll will also entertain Sir Joseph 'Ward on February 22. •

Mr. Massey, Leader of the Opposition, was banqueted nt Dai'gavillo ou.Wednesday night at a very largo gathering. Mr. Mas=oy gave au address of n non-political nature, it being his intention to return Inter on and deliver a political speech. •Ho left by a special. launch for Helensville yesterday morning. ; •

The Prime Minister has received, by telegram, an invitation, signed by; tho Mayor, of Ashburton, tho .chairman. of tho Ashburton County Council, and a number of principal business men, to address a public meeting there. He has accepted tho engagement for Thursday evening next. Sir Jot«ph Ward will consequently leave fop the south on Wednesday. • :

Mr. A. E. Macindoo has been appointed an .inspector of machinery and.examiner of candidate*.

Tho Minister for fiailways leaves Dunedin Monday on a visit to Otaso Central, mainly in regard to railway and irrigation matters. He goes as fa* as Lake Wonaka. At Cromwell and Alexandra Mr. (Millar will to entertained at "socials."—Press Association.

Mr. Tapper, Inspector of the Bank of New Zealand, leaves for Christchurch on. Friday next. He will pass through Wellington on February U with Mrs. Tapper and her sister, Miss Cholmondeley, of Christchurch, on their way to Auckland to join the Macedonia for England.

Master St. Ledger H. Eeeves, a pupil of the Marist Brothers' School, has,been awarded the Second Kennedy Scholarship at St. Patrick's College.

Mr. George Craig, chiVf derk of the Customs Department, has been/granted six weeks' leave-of absenco for health recuperating purposes.

Mr. H. E. Ivempthorne, Wellington, manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company, returned by tho Warrimoo yesterday from a business visit to the East.

It is understood that Mr. Stanislaus Mornn will be a candidate for the City Council •at .tho April - election. Mr. Moran is a member of the legal firm of Messrs. Casey and Moran.

Mr. F. Bryant, of Palmerston North, has received cablo news from Tunbridge Wells, England, that his second son, Herbert, has passed. his solicitor's .final examination.

Mr. H. N. Liardet, who has been for tho last two years chief of the Wellington office of/the Ocean Accident and Guaranteo Corporation, Ltd.,' has now been appointed manager for the Dominion of New Zealand. Mr. C. M. Montifiore,' who has just been appointed manager for Australia, leaves for Sydney to-morrow afternoon. '•■ ■ . •

Mr.'W. S. Furby, Telegraph Engineer, Auckland, is being retired at his own request, after service exceeding 45 years. His successor has not yet been appointed.

Consequent upon ';■ tho transfer of the head office for New Zealand of tho Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd., to Melbourne, the position of manager of the Wellington district has been conferred upon ■Mr .Thomas W. Pilchor, .who has been connected with the company for the last fivo years in the capacity of chiof clerk in Wellington. Previous to this, he was manager of the Manchester Assurance Company, and formerly with the Standard Insurance Company,which he joined in 1885. .".,',

Tho following are the passengers booked by Messrs. Thomas Cook and Son, Wellington, to sail by the Ulimaroa to-day for England, via Sydney:—Mr. arid Mrs. It. H. Wilson, Mrs. E. Hull, Miss F. Peach,, of Petone; Mrs.' J. Stewart, Wellington; Mr. A. Kilsby, Oharin;Mrs. J. F. Scott, Kanfurly Terrace; Mr. D. W. King, Brougham Street; Mr. and Mrs. A: L. Collins, Wellington; Mr. A. Smith, Brooklyn; and Miss A. French, New Plymouth..

. Jlr. .Tames v darken, the Glebe (Sydney) footballer, who shares with Mr. Harold Baker ■' the honours ;of the. Coogee rescues, was formerly a resident. of .the Thames, New Zealand. Several scions of the house of Clarkeu, all hailing from this goldficld, have lett their names on the records of New Zealand football, but Mr. J. Clarken somo time ago, found a habitat in Sydney, and .belbnßcd to the Australian team, which in 1905 invaded his native llaoriland.

Mr. R.'. L. Price lias been' gazetted a member of the Rangataua Domain Board, vice. Mr. A. Morris (resigned)...'.

Mr. Lomas,' Secretary for-Labour, has been appointed a member of the Public Service Classification Board: vieo Mr. E. .Tregear, Mho has retired from the Department.' ;j'- ; ;,'-.;.''.—, '' ■'-

* Cabinet last evening granted, three months' .leave; of .'absence,to Mr. ; C. : S. iNixon, of the Wellington Customs Department. ,The- leave- was si'antcd Von account of ill-health.'

Mr. T. H. Wilson, recently appointed a judge in Xand Court, was yesterday thtfiweoirdentt dfrla handsome 6ouvenir from -his late' fellow associates in the railway head office. In making, the presentation Mr: J. Burnett,' chief engineer, assured Mr. Wilson .that he had the best wishes of all his late brother officers for his success in his new. career. Mr. Wilson then suitably responded..

Messrs:.-. Sinnot and Eames, .■the., r two young. American scientists who are investigating the fossil plants of New Zealand, returned from the j,"uth to Christchurch yesterday, and will: probably arrive in Wellington -to-morrow. ....